The Convocation ceremony of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) of the class of 2026 attended by its trustees, governing board members, faculty and the non-faculty of MYRA was held on 25th of April, 2026, at the MYRA School of Business (MSB), Mysuru.
Students from the class of PGDM 2026, along with their family members attended the ceremony. The cohort which is a diverse group from many states of the country, were interviewed by and have found placements in many major corporations including Café Coffee Day, Adani Wilmar, Shriram Finance, Xpheno, Naukri.com, Cloud DB Tech, Damani Consulting, Neo Growth, Lead Life Global, Inside Out, Forward Air, and more.
Mr. Prem Das Rai, Former Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha India) Sikkim presided as the Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker.
Mr. Prem Das Rai in his keynote address titled “Build at the Frontier. That’s Where India Needs You.” congratulated the students for their achievement. He proudly spoke about Sikkim, his home place, a tourist destination, which has won major accolades and international recognition for being an organic state, clean and green. He shared his journey graduating from IIT Kanpur to when Sikkim became part of India. He mentioned “The future does not wait for you to be ready” and shared the story about his struggle in 1970s. He joined IIT Kanpur as a foreign student and graduated as an Indian — a personal and collective astonishing transformation. He shared about what IIT taught him-about systems and what life taught him-about their limits; that training is essential, but it is not enough.
Mr. Rai mentioned that the greatest risk of an elite education is that it can make one overconfident in their models and under-curious about the reality those models are supposed to describe.
He discussed about his experience being elected twice to the Lok Sabha-“In public life, you are simultaneously navigating economic development, ecological fragility, strategic frontier security, and the daily lived reality of communities that have been on the margins of Indian policy for decades.”
He shared his experience of the Sikkim’s outburst flood in October 2023- Stakeholder complexity is not a problem to be managed, but it is the actual job.
He mentioned that the businesses that will define Indian capitalism in the next 50 years will not be the ones that found the cleanest, simplest markets. They will be the ones that had the courage and the capability to operate in the messiest, most important ones — and to build trust there.
His final words were: “Three Things
One — Solve for the market that actually exists, not the one that fits your model.
Two — Your network is valuable. Your reputation is irreplaceable.
Three — Governance is not bureaucracy. It is how trust is built at scale.
To remember one is not entering a job market but entering a process.
Let’s commit to build something worthy of the complexity. Let’s build something worthy of this country.”
Dr. Ramasastry Ambarish, Chairman of Board of Governors and Director during his address mentioned several important initiatives implemented over the past couple of years at MSB like
- Digital Mastery program equipping students with skills essential for the modern economy
- Agility in curriculum design, working closely with industry to rapidly introduce relevant courses
- Industry-led finishing schools, ensuring that the graduates are ready to contribute from day one—whether in BFSI, sales, or other emerging domains;
- Professional certifications, partnering with institutions such as the CII Logistics Institute at IIT Madras and encouraging certifications in capital markets through NISM;
- integrated Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies into the curriculum—expanding into agentic AI across domains.;
- Through the Centres of Excellence—the Cyberverse Foundation and the Pratyagra Foundation—building capabilities in cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, and grassroots innovation, creating meaningful impact beyond the classroom.
He advised the graduates that in a world defined by constant change, success will belong to those who can learn, unlearn, and relearn—those who are not just resilient, but anti-fragile. One capability that matters most: the ability to adapt.
He quoted from Kautilya “the root of happiness is ethics, and the root of ethics is economic strength.”
The final words while congratulating the graduating students were “true success lies not merely in the wealth you create, but in the integrity with which you create it, and the impact it has on society. May you pursue excellence with purpose, lead with humility and conviction, and contribute meaningfully to a larger good.”
Mr. Kantharaj Urs, Managing Trustee during his welcome address mentioned that it was a proud moment for him – Twelve batches of young men and women who walked through the gates uncertain, and walked out — capable, grounded, and ready.
MYRA has tried sincerely to prepare the graduates not just for careers, but for lives. Not just for profits, but for impact. He mentioned resilience is not something one can learn in a classroom. It is something one discovers when one has no other option.
He advised to build character, to stay curious, to stay humble and to stay connected to something larger than oneself – the world needs good people who are capable as it has enough smart people.
He closed with the remark that “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams built by those who have the discipline and the heart to pursue them every single day.”
MYRAcles Samkith Kothari and Diya Kothari in their valedictory address shared their experience as a student/batchmate and expressed gratitude to all present including faculty, non-faculty and family members.
The Honor Board and the Dean’s list are awards of excellence and are open to the students of the PGDM program. MYRAcles Samkith Kothari and Diya Kothari made it to the Honor Board-All Round Excellence.
The ceremony was held at its sprawling campus in Mysuru.
Dignitaries on the dias: (from left)
- Ashwani Singh, Assistant Dean (Academics)
- Kantharaj Urs, Managing Trustee, MYRA School of Business
- Prem Das Rai, Former Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha India) Sikkim (Chief Guest and Keynote speaker)
- Ramasastry Ambarish, Director & Chairman of Board of Governors
- Praveen Kumar, Assistant Dean (Student Affairs)
- Janhavi Kote, Assistant Professor, Organization Behaviour and Human Resource Management
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